Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission into the M.S.C.E. degree program, a candidate must hold or expect to receive a B.S.C.E. degree from either an accredited ABET curriculum or an internationally recognized program. Candidates with superior academic records and a baccalaureate degree in another engineering field, mathematics, or science may be eligible for admission into any of the masters programs offered by the department but will normally be required to attain a baccalaureate level of proficiency in certain engineering areas of the department. An engineering technology (non-calculus based) degree is not sufficient qualification for admission into any of the graduate programs offered by the department.

To be eligible for admission into the Ph.D. degree program, a candidate must hold or expect to receive an M.S. degree in some discipline of engineering from an institution which has an ABET accredited undergraduate program in engineering, or an internationally recognized program in engineering.

The other requirements for admission into the graduate programs of the department are summarized as follows:

• To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better (out of a possible 4.0) in all previous college work and must meet all other requirements below.
  
• The applicant must first submit, to the Office of Admissions and Records of West Virginia University, a completed application, application fee, and transcripts of all college completed (directly from the institution).
  
• Each applicant is required to have three reference letters (using standard forms available from the department) sent directly to the department; at least two of the three references should be from the institution the applicant last attended.
  
• Each applicant should submit a statement of purpose. This should be prepared on a word processor and will include your professional goals and the reasons you have for attending graduate school. The statement of purpose will not exceed one page.
  
• Minimum TOEFL score (strictly enforced) =213 (computer based) or 79 (iBT version) or 550 (paper) (Students who have completed a recent four year bachelor's degree in the USA need not submit these scores.)
  
• All applicants who have not received their undergraduate degree in the United States are required to submit GRE General Test scores with the Engineering Subject Test score being optional.
  

Provisional Admission

An applicant who is not qualified for regular graduate student admission status, due either to insufficient grade-point average, incomplete credentials, or inadequate academic background, can be admitted as a provisional student. Requirements for attaining regular student status must be stated in the letter of admission. Provisional students must sign a contract, which lists these requirements in detail, no later than their first registration.